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Barren Earth has recruited Faroese native Jón Aldará as theband's new lead vocalist. The band has been busy fine-tuning anddemoing songs for it's third full-length album which it plans to startrecording during spring 2014.

"As a fan of Barren Earth from the very beginning, I had no doubtsabout showing my interest in the singer position. And now that thingshave started rolling and I've had some time to look at the newmaterial, I'm extremely excited to be part of the band's future. Nowlet's rock!" says Jón Aldárá.

"Jón is a friend with a strong voice that simply is no less than aperfect fit for our material - old and new. I was grinning like crazyas we ran through a handful of new songs at our first rehearsal withhim after sending demos back and forth over email the past couple ofmonths, everything was just sounding so good. There's just no way toput this without sounding cliched as hell but his contribution to thenew material has indeed already taken the sound of the band to a newlevel. Can't wait to hit the stage and the studio!" comments JannePerttilä.

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Solid clean vocals and growling skills needed. We also require motivated attitude and ability to tour and rehearse.

If you think you got what it takes, please send a short bio/description of yourself with audio samples from your vocals. All other footage (videoclips, photos) would be highly appreciated as well. Please send your submission to: barrenearth@gmail.com

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Finland’s death/prog metal masters Barren Earth have announced the departure of vocalist Mikko Kotamäki from the group. Since the band’s inception, Mikko has performed vocals on all of the band’s studio recordings, consisting of the Our Twilight debut EP, & 2 full-length albums.

Band statement:"Dear friends. We regret to announce the departure of Mikko Kotamäki from BARREN EARTH.Due to conflicting schedules, Mikko cannot contribute to BARREN EARTH's activities any longer. The decision was made by mutual agreement with absolutely no drama involved. We will keep working on new material, and will launch search for a new vocalist shortly.BARREN EARTH wants to thank Mikko for his crucial input for BARREN EARTH's works and wishes him all the best in the future."

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'The Rains Begin', the debut video from Barren Earth's new masterwork, 'The Devil's Resolve', is now complete. The video was directed by Ville Rissanen at Obscure Entertainment, who has also previously worked with fellow countrymen, Insomnium. www.peaceville.com/barrenearth/thedevilsresolve/